Dear Humanities Colleagues

 

Faculty Achievements!

 

The following staff members who received their PhDs this week:

• Jacomien Muller (Psychology)
• Karabo Maleka (Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology)
• Lufuno Sadiki (Social Work & Criminology) 
• Shabnam Abdoola (Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology) 
• Sipho Sibanda (Social Work & Criminology) 

• Stephan Mühr (Ancient & Modern Languages & Cultures) was elected president of the Association for German Studies in Southern Africa

• Meja Ikobwa (Ancient & Modern Languages & Cultures) was elected as a board member of the Association for German Studies in Southern Africa

• The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in collaboration with the Department of Afrikaans, launched the Dutch Rotational Chair at UP. Ms Jessie Dupont is the first to serve as chair and will teach Dutch as a foreign language for six weeks.

 

Appearances on Media Platforms

• Phuti Sepuru (School of the Arts) published an article South African soul star Simphiwe Dana’s new show is about healing in The Conversation

• Reema Nunlall (Social Work & Criminology) was interviewed on SABC News about children who kill their parents, based on the case of a 20-year old woman who confessed to planning her parents’ murder

• Hein Willemse (Afrikaans) published the following articles on Netwerk24:
  • ‘n Vol lewe, vol teenstrydigheid, a tribute to the controversial late columnist Rhoda Kedalie
  • Roman ‘Eugene’ eindproduk van 20 j. se beplanning
  • Wie trek laer in Kaapse Forum?

• These papers were presented at the 29^th Conference of the Association for German Studies in Southern Africa:
  • Stephan Mühr (Ancient & Modern Languages & Cultures) presented Erzählte Umweltwahrnehmung in Dirk Flecks Roman GO! Die Ökodiktatur
  • Klaus Tezokeng (Ancient & Modern Languages & Cultures) presented Respect for Nature! Environmental Ethics and Aesthetics in “Ruf der Tiefe” by Kataja Brandis and Hans-Pieter Ziemek and ‘Conni rettet die Tiere” by Julia Boehma
  • Meja Ikobwa (Ancient & Modern Languages & Cultures) presented A post-colonial gaze on online German media reporting on the fire on Mt. Kilimanjaro 2020

•  Roland Henwood (Political Sciences) was interviewed on:
  • RadioPretoria about what the election of Mandla Ndlovu means for President Cyril Ramaphosa
  • RSG about the meeting between ANC leaders and the ANC Women’s League President Bathabile Dlamini, the French presidential elections, the issue of xenophobia in South Africa and the solution to xenophobia and other socioeconomic issues, the ANC leadership conference in Mpumalanga and President Ramaphosa’s discussion with President Joe Biden on the conflict in Ukraine and the developments in the French presidential elections
  • RadioPretoria about the former Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize, being found not-guilty of breaching Parliament’s Ethics Code

• Salome Leroux (School of the Arts) was interviewed on the Radio 702 The Money Show about how the unregulated art market in South Africa is becoming a breeding ground for fake artworks

• Salome Leroux, Gerard de Kamper and Isabel McGinn (School of the Arts) published the article The artists, the forgers and the murky market of fake art in South Africa in The Daily Maverick

• Tyesha Pillay (Political Sciences) published the article Earth Day – The yin and the yang on News24 and was interviewed on Newsroom Afrika about the commemoration of Earth Day two weeks after the flooding of parts of KwaZulu-Natal

• Yanga Molatana (Political Sciences) published the article Read my tips: this is how to get SA’s kids to read more in The Sunday Times

• These articles were published in the April edition of the JT Newsletter:
  • Andrea du Toit (Political Sciences) published To hear for life, listen with care – celebrating World Hearing Day
  • Cindy Moliwa, Omphile Mantue, Angela Clarke and Lindo Magagula (Historical and Heritage Studies) published UPCT Celebrates Human Rights Day

 

Presentations and publications on academic platforms

• The Re.Search Magazine Issue 2 highlights ‘Innovation’ and is available online

• Chris Nshimbi (Political Sciences):
  • Published the article (Ir)relevant doctrines and African realities: neoliberal and Marxist influences on labour migration governance in Southern Africa in Third World Quarterly
  • Presented the paper Regional perspective on gaps in human trafficking legislation and policy in Southern Africa at the Global human trafficking trends: an obstacle to fair migration webinar

• Brenda Bokaba (African Languages) published the article Using language to embrace gender-inclusive workplace in ATNS – Ground-to-Air

• Laura Esser (School of the Arts) presented the paper The (im)permanence of fading smoke: A conservation case study of Diane Victor’s soot drawings at the ICON Book and Paper group graduate symposium

• Sipho Sibanda (Social Work & Criminology) presented the paper “Now the solution is here, social assistance for orphaned children: The Extended Child Support grant (CSG)” at the Dr Zola Skweyiya Legacy Conference.

 

Scheduled Events

• A virtual seminar entitled Breaking the frame: Obstetric Violence Dialogues, taking place on 29 April 2022 at 14:00. Click here for more information and here to RSVP

• Department of Sociology will host a virtual seminar on The Rise of the Gig Economy in South Africa: Cooperation and Conflict in the Labour Process on 5 May 2022 from 11:00 -12:30. To RSVP click here

• The launch of Jimmy Pieterse (Anthropology & Archaeology) and Ilana van Wyk’s book Nationalism, Politics and Anthropology: A Tale of two South Africans at Old College House on 5 May 2022, at 17:00. More information is available in the attached invite. To RSVP, please email [email protected]

• Prof Tawana Kupe and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr Naledi Pandor will launch the book Beyond Fear: Reflections of a Freedom Fighter at Future Africa on 16 May 2022 at 17:00. Click here for more information and here to RSVP

• Prof Tawana Kupe will launch the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS-UP) at the Javett-UP Art Centre on 17 May 2022 at 17:00. Please RSVP by 10 May 2022

• The first Community of Practice (COP) sharing and learning session for colleagues involved in global classroom projects. The session will take place on 27 May 2022 from 10:00-12:00. RSVPs close on Wednesday, 25 May 2022

• Faculty of Humanities Open Day is scheduled for 27 May 2022

• Prof Tawana Kupe and the Embassy of Sweden will launch Pamoja: an inter-generational dialogue on Democratic Activism at Future Africa on 30 May 2022, at 17:00. More information and the link to RSVP is available here

 

Congratulations to all our colleagues! 

 

The next NewsClips will be published on 13 May 2022. Please log the details of your publications, appearances, and events here before 16:00, 12 May 2022 for them to be featured.